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Also by Andy Maslen:

The Perfect Girl, March 2026
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The Rebel Son, October 2025
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The Lying Man, May 2025
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The Silent Wife, August 2024
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The Unseen Sister, May 2024
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The Seventh Girl, October 2023
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Plain Dead, December 2021
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Land Rites, April 2021
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Shallow Ground, November 2020
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THE LYING MAN
By: Andy Maslen

Thomas & Mercer
May 2025
On Sale: April 29, 2025
Featuring: Kat Ballantyne
ISBN: 1662530625
EAN: 9781662530623
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Thriller Serial Killer | Thriller Police Procedural

A famous victim. A locked room. Dark secrets. For DS Ballantyne, murder isn’t black and white.

DS Kat Ballantyne came to the crime-writing festival for an escape. Instead she’s walked straight into a murder scene.

Moments before he’s due on stage, a famous novelist is found dead in a locked room. It looks like natural causes, but Kat sees tiny clues that suggest murder. As she investigates, she uncovers literary rivalries, personal vendettas and hidden agendas. Is there anyone who didn’t have a motive to murder Mark Swift?

As the case takes a turn for the darker, Kat finds herself in a world where the line between right and wrong is blurred. Can she bring Swift’s killer to justice? And, if so, should she?